Marc Chagall Works – symbols of a life
Marc Chagall works – dreamlike and personal
Mark Chagall was a Belarusian-born French artist whose paintings mainly evoke symbolic-emotional associations and seek less support in traditional artistic foundations.
Marc Chagall is interested very early in art and drawing
biography
Born in Belarus in 1877, Marc Chagall developed a very early interest in the fine arts. After studying painting, he leaves Russia to go to Paris, where he lives in an artists’ colony on the outskirts of the city. This is the beginning of a productive and inspirational period, when the important Marc Chagall works are created, such as “Me and the village”. The work of Marc Chagall is completely fixed on personal and dreamlike symbols that discreetly point to Cubism and Fauvism – two movements of art that are already very popular on his arrival in Paris.
Many of his works reveal the element of music
Moving themes for Chagall are art and existential life events
Impressive observation and a love of detail
With the outbreak of the First World War, Chagall spends some years in Belarus, where he continues to work, marry and take leading positions.
In 1923 he returns to France to get even more intense. With the beginning of the Second World War Chagall would have to leave France again because he was persecuted with his family by the Nazis because of his Jewish background.
Chagall survives the two world wars, leaving a trail in his art
“The Green Violinist” is one of his well-known works
Chagall turns his childhood memories into art
Like many artists during the war, Marc Chagall found refuge in the United States. In the postwar period, the artist had the chance to go back to Europe and experiment with new artistic forms. He receives numerous orders to produce large-scale works, such as murals or painting of church windows.
It can be said that “Me and the village” is a reflection of Chagall’s life
In the work “Das Marsfeld” we recognize biblical contents
Events like “The Birth” find an important place in the whole art of Chagall
The village
Chagall was born and grew up in a small Hasidic community on the edge of Vitebsk, Belarus. He attended a Jewish elementary school where he learned Hebrew and studied the Bible. Very early on, he learns the basic techniques of drawing and soon develops a very typical own style. The symbols of his works carry the mood of the themes that accompany Chagall throughout his life and have an origin in his childhood.
Inverted extremities, rich colors, symbolism – this is Chagall
“The drinker” – flat and peppy with clear content
“The Jewish Museum” – the tornness between love, war and exile
